Minneapolis Catholic leaders speak out about community fear after ICE-involved shooting January 9, 2026By OSV News The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News An interfaith gathering of faith leaders in Minneapolis Jan. 8 drew a crowd as faith leaders raised concerns about the impact immigration enforcement actions are having on people in the community, including Catholic parishes in Minneapolis.
Archbishop Hebda calls for prayers after woman shot dead by ICE officer in Minneapolis January 8, 2026By Rebecca Omastiak The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is continuing his call for prayers after police said a woman was pronounced dead following a shooting involving a federal agent in Minneapolis Jan. 7.
Slain state trooper, beloved and mourned by Delaware Catholics, laid to rest January 8, 2026By Mike Lang The Dialog Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News Corporal Snook, a 2009 graduate of St. Mark’s High School, was shot and killed as he worked an overtime assignment at the Division of Motor Vehicles branch in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 23. He was remembered Jan. 5 at a service at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware in Newark that brought an outpouring of supporters from law enforcement and the community.
Walking for peace in Baltimore, naming the dead December 30, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Participants gathered on a cold, windy night at St. Joseph’s Monastery Church and processed to My Brother’s Keeper, a Catholic Charities program on Frederick Avenue that provides support services for men and women. Along the route, the names – or, when identities were unknown, the sex – of Baltimore’s homicide victims were read aloud.
Delaware law enforcement, governor, community mourn loss of trooper in fatal shooting December 29, 2025By OSV News The Dialog Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News The Delaware State Police are mourning the Dec. 23 fatal shooting of a 10-year veteran of the force who was an alum of a Catholic high school in the Wilmington Diocese and a standout wrestler in high school and college.
2025 homicide victims to be remembered at prayer vigil in Baltimore December 23, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News A coalition of public, private and faith-based partners will gather Dec. 29, 6 p.m., in Southwest Baltimore for a one-hour evening prayer vigil sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to remember the lives lost to homicide this year and plead for an end to violence.
Mass shooting at Brown University a tragedy that strikes at heart of Providence community December 19, 2025By OSV News Rhode Island Catholic Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News The violence that erupted at the Brown University’s campus Dec. 13 was more than a national headline; it was a deeply personal tragedy that struck at the heart of the Providence community.
Pope, Israeli president speak by phone about Sydney attack, peace in Gaza December 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephone Dec. 17, just days after a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia led to the deaths of 15 people.
USCCB president expresses church’s solidarity with Jewish community December 16, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a Dec. 14 terror attack by two gunmen that targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
‘Enough’ of antisemitic violence, say pope, archbishop after Australia attack December 15, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Gun Violence, News, World News Two gunmen targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah in an apparent terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, New South Wales police said.
Pope condemns ‘antisemitic violence,’ ‘terrorist massacre’ in Sydney December 15, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Condemning the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney, Pope Leo XIV said, “Enough with these forms of antisemitic violence! We must eradicate hatred from our hearts.”
Bishop Lewandowski offers prayers in wake of shooting at Brown University December 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski of Providence offered prayers for “all affected by this tragedy” in the wake of a Dec. 13 shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others injured.
